Crystal Ekstrom Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Hanover Park, Illinois, United States

• Providing administrative support to the Hanover Park Biomed Center Leader and Supervisors, and 6 Biomed Center Leaders across the US
• Creating and maintaining FY Purchase Orders for all 7 Biomed Centers for accuracy of invoice submissions by vendors
• Handling of internal logistics from managing team travel for onsite and offsite OEM trainings to facility management to IT support
• Project coordinator of numerous Biomed wide initiatives including the release and adherence of the… Show more
• Project coordinator of numerous Biomed wide initiatives including the release and adherence of the McKesson Security and Safety programs, 2 Biomed Center moves in California and Texas, PC refreshes and assignments, and.
• Employee Engagement Committee Lead managing and facilitating an average of 3-4 monthly office events for non-exempt employees while maintaining and tracking against a yearly budget of $8,200

San Francisco Bay Area

• Successfully led our International Expansion initiatives by getting 9 countries with 10 entities across 3 continents to directly employ or start with EoR’s (Employer of Record)
• Worked with internal stakeholders (Accounting, AP, IT, Legal, Recruiting, Tax, Treasury) and external in-country firms/providers (Employment law, Payroll, Benefit, Tax, Safety) to ensure we were operationally ready to.
• Worked with internal stakeholders (Accounting, AP, IT, Legal, Recruiting, Tax, Treasury) and external in-country firms/providers (Employment law, Payroll, Benefit, Tax, Safety) to ensure we were operationally ready to.
• Transitioned 3 EoR countries under Papaya Global to 4 Sonder entities across 3 countries during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Operationally processed successful monthly and semi-monthly payrolls including expenses of 11 entities through 9 countries and 4 currencies
• Assisted with the change management and implementation of a new payroll system (ADP Workforce Now) in the UK while aligning it with the change to 2 entities

San Francisco Bay Area

Emeryville

• Central coordinator for a multi-year HR & Finance transformation program including multiple system implementations (ADP, NetSuite, Oracle HCM, Taleo, Coupa, Concur) supporting the PMO and CM
• Managed 20+ vendors from start to finish through execution of SOW’s and tracked invoices against the LEAP budget of $19.5M
• Completed CAB minutes/action items, status reports, Wrike tracking, Hypercare Release Management
• Provided operational support to ensure that everyone from in-office to… Show more
• Provided operational support to ensure that everyone from in-office to remote employees were aligned with timely and efficient communications
• Concur soft launch, assisted AP team with processing expense reports and trained 2 AP specialists

Emeryville

• Provided administrative support to the VP of Enterprise Business Operations (EBO) and LEAP Program Director
• Expense management
• Led the onboarding and off boarding of 55+ project team members, which included the coordination of facilities, IT, and orientation activities
• Responsible for the master LEAP program calendar and conference rooms with scheduling an average of 40+ meetings a week through Microsoft Outlook

San Francisco, California

· Developed and led highly-detailed content collection process of more than 400 items from customers, employees and external exhibitors· Project-managed event mobile app including development of technical specifications and process guide in addition to obtaining customer and sales feedback · Managed a 245-piece signage project by coordinating with more.

San Francisco, CA

• Administrative support to ten Principals and four Associates
• Maintaining complex calendars and day-to-day schedules
• Organizing, scheduling and setting up WebEx audio and video conference calls, and in-office client meetings
• Executing domestic and international travel arrangements including preparing and maintaining travel itineraries
• Managing monthly billing worksheets, ensuring invoices are accurate to send to clients
• Preparing and submitting reconciled company… Show more

Berkeley, CA

• Alehouse Bar Manager: February 2015-August 2015Interim General Manager: August 2014-November 2014Alehouse Service Manager: July 2014-February 2015Alehouse Bar Manager: October 2013-July 2014
• Effectively worked with a multitude of vendors (20) placing and confirming numerous daily orders either by electronic, phone or in-person conversations
• Completed the front-of-house schedule (40 employees) on a weekly basis with attention to detail ensuring proper staffing on each… Show more Alehouse Bar Manager: February 2015-August 2015Interim General Manager: August.
• Completed the front-of-house schedule (40 employees) on a weekly basis with attention to detail ensuring proper staffing on each shift using Excel
• Responsible for the Alehouse safety meeting minutes including the monitoring and completion of safety tasks and distribution of the meeting minutes to staff and HR
• Kept thorough records of staff overtime, break infractions, and under claiming of tips with Excel

Berkeley, CA

• Excellent guest service and relationship skills with the ability to skillfully anticipate and address guests’ service needs
• Answered customer inquiries and resolved issues promptly
• Worked with individual servers and beer-tenders to improve their performance